On a very lengthy and arduous tour lasting from mid-September to
mid-March, M.C.C. enjoyed enormous popularity.Although most of England's leading cricketers
stayed at home for the winter. the matches were watched by two million
spectators, The team that was sent lost the Test series against India by two matches to nil but beat Pakistan
in their Test series.The seamers
found their bowling ineffective in Indian conditions and a huge workload fell
on Lock and Allen.

It was the first time a Test series was played in a split
fashion, the Indian section of the tour split the Test series against
Pakistan into two parts - one Test took place at Lahore before playing the five-match
series against India, then back to Pakistan nearly twelve weeks later for two
more Test matches - a unique arrangement to accommodate India's departure for
the West Indies at the end of January.

M.C.C. included nine players new to Test cricket although four of
them - Bob Barber, John Murray, Eric Russell and David Smith - had already
had the experience of touring in New Zealand the previous winter.

This was M.C.C.'s first "Test tour" of Pakistan.M.C.C. had toured in 1951-52, and played
unofficial representative matches, and also sent an "A" team in
1955-56 which played four unofficial 'Tests'.

On 8 October 1961 the team flew from Heathrow to Karachi,
and arrived at Rawalpindi
the following day.

For the Indian section of the tour, the team went from Karachi to Bombay on 27
October 1961 ; and back to Pakistan
from Madras via Calcutta
to Dacca on
16 January 1962.

For the last leg of the tour the team was due to fly from Karachi and land at Colombo
at 4 pm on Friday 9 February but their departure was postponed 12 hours so
the first match in Ceylon
was delayed.They left on 10 February

Jimmy
Binks was chosen on 5 January to replace Murray, who returned on 6
January for a varicose veins operation. Two days later Binks flew from London to Bombay.

Fixtures/Results

a

Rawalpindi

President's XI

Drawn

b

Lyallpur

West Pakistan
Governor's XI

Won 29 r

c

LAHORE

PAKISTANFirst Test

WON 5 w

d

Poona

Indian Universities

Drawn

e

Ahmedabad

West Zone

Drawn

f

Bombay

Bombay

Drawn

g

BOMBAY

INDIAFirst Test

DRAWN

h

Hyderabad

President's XI

Won 4 w

i

Jaipur

Rajasthan

Drawn

j

Nagpur

Central Zone

Drawn

k

KANPUR

INDIASecond Test

DRAWN

l

Jullundur

North Zone

Won 9 w

m

DELHI

INDIAThird Test

DRAWN

n

Cuttack

East Zone

Drawn

o

Calcutta

Services

Won inns 37

p

CALCUTTA

INDIAFourth Test

LOST 187 r

q

Bangalore

South Zone

Won 37 r

r

MADRAS

INDIAFifth Test

LOST 128 r

s

DACCA

PAKISTANSecond Test

DRAWN

t

Bahawalpur

Combined XI

Drawn

u

KARACHI

PAKISTANThird Test

DRAWN

v

† Colombo

Ceylon
Cricket Association

Drawn

w

† Radella

Up-Country XI

Won 10 w

x

Colombo

All-Ceylon

Won 8 w

† not first-class

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test: 12 days

(9 October - 21 October)

Test
appearances on tour

8 - Allen, Barber, Dexter, Richardson.

7 - Barrington, Lock, M J K Smith.

6 - Knight, Pullar.

5 - D R Smith.

4 - Millman, Murray, Parfitt.

3 -

2 -Brown, Russell, White.

1 -

0 -Binks.

Match
appearances

TTest match

x other match

∙played for opposition

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N no
resultA abandoned

u unknown
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D A Allen

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R W Barber

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T

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K F Barrington

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J G Binks

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E R Dexter

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B R Knight

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G A R Lock

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G Millman

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J T Murray

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P H Parfitt

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G Pullar

x

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P E Richardson

x

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W E Russell

x

x

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x

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T

x

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D R Smith

x

x

x

x

T

x

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x

T

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T

x

T

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M J K Smith

x

x

T

x

x

T

x

x

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D W White

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R E S U L T S

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Highlights

•T

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Tour
Summary

F

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

8

1

2

5

-

Other first-class matches

14

6

0

8

-

†Minor matches

2

1

0

1

-

All Matches

24

8

2

14

-

FFixturesWWonL LostD DrawnT TiedCanc CancelledAbanabandoned

Return
to England

ColomboQLondon

The team left Colombo
by air on 19 February.They flew in
two separate groups.Eight players
(Dexter, Allen, Parfitt, Pullar, Richardson, Russell, D.R.Smith, White);landed at Heathrow on 20 February but the
other eight were delayed at Cairo.